Department ofPhysics
Accepting Applications - Assistant or Associate Professors of Physics (Nuclear Theory, Tenure Track, 2 Positions)
Accepting Applications - Operations Manager/Assistant to the Chair
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Recent Highlights
Mitchell Kerver Awarded Fellowship from the Center for Nuclear Femtography
Undergraduate Majors
80+
Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
22
Postdoctoral Fellows
6
Academics
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Center for Accelerator Science
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Michael and Kimthanh Lê Planetarium
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Announcements & Recent News
- Mars Fest 2022: ODU hosts out-of-this-world public arts festival
- Congratulations to Dr. Geoff Krafft on His Selection as a 2022 USPAS Award Recipient
- ODU Alumna Receives Early Career Research Award
- Physics Alum, Eric Ingram, named to ODU's "40 Under 40" List
- New Traineeship Program Supports Graduate Studies in Accelerator Technology at Jefferson Lab
- ODU Physics Professor and Jefferson Lab Scientist Receives National Award
- "Unifying Physics of Accelerators, Lasers and Plasma" is Now Freely Available, Thanks to CERN
Gilbert Hoy, Department Chair from 1980-89, Dies at age 90.
Walt Hooks, former Assistant Chair to the departmnet, passed on December 3, 2021
Robert Lee Kernell, Physics Professor from 1967-1994, passes away.